Monitoring

The following provides an overview of what this chapter is about and key outcomes sought. To view the chapter in its entirety please download the chapter from the attached pdf.

Introduction

Monitoring is an essential mechanism where Council obtains feedback on the environment in order to review the District Plan. Monitoring requires the gathering of information in respect of resource management matters including District Plan administration, resource management issues, the State of the Environment and compliance with the District Plan’s standards in addition to resource consents granted by the Council.

Monitoring is intended to determine whether the District Plan is achieving the desired outcomes, objectives, and anticipated environmental results identified in the District Plan, and whether the policies and methods employed in the District Plan are the most appropriate to achieve these. In addition, monitoring is intended to determine whether the policies and methods outlined in the District Plan are actually being implemented effectively.

Monitoring requires the gathering of information on the environment and is important to inform Council on whether:

The District Plan is achieving the Outcomes it is seeking;
The Methods of the District Plan are the most appropriate in achieving the Outcomes of the District Plan; and
The Methods of the District Plan are being implemented.

There are two sorts of monitoring that are employed to inform Council on these above three matters, being State of the Environment monitoring and Resource Consent monitoring.

Council also needs to monitor its own decision making processes (e.g. to confirm that decisions being made by its officers, commissioners and other delegated agents such as the Northland Regional Council are consistent).

How to Use This Chapter

This Chapter is intended to provide an overview of the direction established by the District Plan for Monitoring and identify how this will be implemented (the methods) through the District Plan.

In this respect, this Chapter identifies significant management Issues and the Objectives, Policies, and Methods employed by Council (through the District Plan and beyond) to address these issues.

Outcomes

A monitoring and review regime that ensures the District Plan is administered in an effective and efficient manner.
A monitoring programme which effectively and efficiently monitors compliance with resource consent conditions
A District Plan that allows significant resource management issues to be addressed in a manner consistent with the Resource Management Act.
An improved level of monitoring undertaken within the Kaipara District and complementary to the monitoring undertaken by Northland Regional Council.

Monitoring

Introduction

How to Use This Chapter

Outcomes

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